In a Trifecta Checkup (link), the Vulture chart falls into Type DV. The question might be the relationship between running time and box office, and between Rotten Tomatoes Score and box office. These are very difficult to answer.

The box office number here refers to the lifetime gross ticket receipts from theaters. The movie industry insists on publishing these unadjusted numbers, which are completely useless. At the minimum, these numbers should be adjusted for inflation (ticket prices) and for population growth, if we are to use them to measure commercial success.

The box office number is also suspect because it ignores streaming, digital, syndication, and other forms of revenues. This is a problem because we are comparing movies across time.

You might have noticed that both running time and box office numbers have gone up over time. (That is to say, running time and box office numbers are highly correlated.) Do you think that is because moviegoers are motivated to see longer films, or because movies are just getting longer?

PS. [12/15/2014] I will have a related discussion on the statistics behind this data on my sister blog. Link will be active Monday afternoon.